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Alex Oates

@velocentric

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Bikes. Coffee. Travel. Randomness. Male. I like bikes (and cake, and bacon). A lot.

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Not a terrible location from which to watch the British National Fireworks Championships. #plymouth #fireworks #boat taken in Queen Anne's Battery by @velocentric

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2 months ago

The sun is above the yardarm. by @velocentric

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3 months ago

I'm compensating for NOTHING I tell you. I just needed a bit more oomph. by @velocentric

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7 months ago

Lunch with wifey @ladyvimes at @pitstop_macphersonmoto today. Fully understand why this place is always doing good business. A latté coffee in a white cup. Foam art depicting a leaf on the surface. taken in Plympton Chaddlewood, Plymouth by @velocentric

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8 months ago

No photo I can take is going to do this justice. My word it’s pretty here. Not a sound but the wind and occasional bird. taken in Rattery by @velocentric

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a year ago

The best Cake cover ever. #elonmusk #parody #itstruethough by @velocentric

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a year ago

Anyone remember these? Nearly 30 now, still works! by @velocentric

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2 years ago

It's actually reassuring to know people have been messing around on bikes since we've had bikes. I like to think these two Gentlemen were sessioning the Capitol steps long before Red Bull were putting on events. by @velocentric

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2 years ago

Had an adventure in the actual outdoors today. by @velocentric

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2 years ago

As far as I know these tumblers have never been used. They're still in their original mail packing dated from 1932.

They were ordered from what appears to have been a quite well-to-do department store in Pre-war London by Mrs Margaret Cowburn, wife of Major Arthur Basil Cowburn while the couple were overseeing Northfields House at Stamford High School.

I can tell you many things about the life of Major Cowburn simply because this box exists. I can tell you he had a Brother, he played cricket, he was brave in battle (Military Cross recipient in 1917), highly regarded by his pupils, and that he died in 1960 at the age of 83.

Margaret, however, is barely mentioned in the records. I have seen a photograph taken alongside her husband surrounded by their pupils, I know she took so much pride in her home that she ordered what must have been very expensive glassware that she was so careful with they're now in my possession nearly 100 years later, and I know that she lived until the 30th of June 1973 aged 88.

All this to say: we need to start making better records of not just the men in the world, but the women that go through life with them.

Margaret, I'll keep these safe. by @velocentric

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2 years ago

I am fairly sure this has me covered for gravel shoes. by @velocentric

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2 years ago

I hope your day has gone / is going as well as this little otters has. by @velocentric

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